Dushanbe, 14.03.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). — Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu has announced that the death toll in the car bomb attack in Ankara’s central Kizilay neighborhood rises to 34 dead and 125 injured. It was reported by Anadolu Agency.

Muezzinoglu noted that “34 died, 30 at the blast scene and four at the hospitals”.

He also said that at least one or two of the dead bodies recovered from the blast site are believed to be of the assailants who carried out the attack using a bomb-laden vehicle.

“There are a total of 125 patients under treatment at hospitals; 19 of them remain in serious conditions. We have seven patients in surgery. Most other patients may be released from the hospital, when their treatment gets completed”, — the minister added.

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said that the terror attack was carried out by a moving bomb-laden vehicle, which targeted civilian citizens waiting at the bus stop.

Ankara Governor’s Office said in a statement earlier that a car exploded near a bus stop in Ankara’s central Kizilay neighborhood at 6.45 p.m. local time on Sunday evening.